Sensation and Perception - Body and Balance Pt2 - The Vestibular System

An essential part of our sense of balance (or equilibrioception), the different parts of the vestibular system detect changes in linear or rotational motion. Find out why you may feel sick or throw up in an airplane or after drinking too much.

This is a lecture video for a university course in Sensation and Perception taught by Dr. Brian W. Stone. You may wish to play it at x1.25 speed. As with anything taught at the undergraduate level the information here may be simplified, and at higher levels of study there is more nuance to all of it.